Research Article
Associations of Maternal Complaints to Levator Ani Muscle Trauma within 9 Months after Vaginal Birth: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Table 3
Pelvic floor symptoms between the four different levator ani muscle state groups 1-4 days after birth (P1).
| | Questions | Intact
(67%) | Hematoma
(14.6%) | PAV
(6.6%) | CAV
(11.8%) | value |
| | (1) I lose urine involuntary/against my will | | | | | 0.510 | | (i) Yes | 37 (26.1) | 4 (12.9) | 4 (28.6) | 7 (28.0) | | | (ii) No | 98 (69.0) | 24 (77.4) | 10 (71.4) | 17 (68.0) | | | (iii) Missing data | 7 (4.9) | 3 (9.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.0) | | | (2) Compared to the time before childbirth, I lose urine involuntary/against my will | | | | | 0.676 | | (i) Less often | 2 (5.4) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | (ii) Unchanged | 16 (43.2) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (42.9) | | | (iii) More often | 12 (32.4) | 1 (25.0) | 2 (50.0) | 4 (57.1) | | | (iv) Missing data | 7 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (12.5) | | | (3) I lose stool involuntary/against my will | | | | | 0.337 | | (i) Yes | 6 (4.2) | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (12.0) | | | (ii) No | 125 (88.0) | 27 (87.1) | 13 (92.9) | 22 (88.0) | | | (iii) Missing data | 11 (7.7) | 3 (9.7) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | | | (4) Compared to the time before childbirth, I lose stool involuntary/against my will | | | | | 0.036 | | (i) Less often | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | Not applicable | 0 (0.0) | | | (ii) Unchanged | 5 (83.3) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | (iii) More often | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100.0) | | | (iv) Missing data | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | (5) I lose gas involuntary/against my will | | | | | 0.225 | | (i) Yes | 55 (38.7) | 16 (51.6) | 6 (42.9) | 14 (56.0) | | | (ii) No | 77 (54.2) | 11 (35.5) | 7 (50.0) | 10 (40.0) | | | (iii) Missing data | 10 (7.0) | 4 (12.9) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (4.0) | | | (6) Compared to the time before childbirth, I lose gas involuntary/against my will | | | | | 0.368 | | (i) Less often | 1 (1.8) | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.1) | | | (ii) Unchanged | 39 (70.9) | 9 (56.3) | 3 (50.0) | 5 (35.7) | | | (iii) More often | 15 (27.3) | 6 (37.5) | 3 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) | | | (iv) Missing data | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.1) | | | (7) I have a feeling of discomfort/foreign body in the vagina | | | | | 0.657 | | (i) Yes | 46 (32.4) | 11 (35.5) | 5 (35.7) | 12 (48.0) | | | (ii) No | 85 (59.9) | 16 (51.6) | 8 (57.1) | 13 (52.0) | | | (iii) Missing data | 11 (7.7) | 4 (12.9) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | | | (8) Compared to the time before childbirth, I have a feeling of discomfort/foreign body in the vagina | | | | | 0.236 | | (i) Less often | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | (ii) Unchanged | 17 (37.0) | 2 (18.2) | 3 (60.0) | 1 (8.3) | | | (iii) More often | 23 (50.0) | 8 (72.7) | 2 (40.0) | 10 (83.3) | | | (iv) Missing data | 4 (8.7) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | | | (9) I have the feeling of something squeezing downwards into the vagina | | | | | 0.396 | | (i) Yes | 24 (16.9) | 2 (6.5) | 2 (14.3) | 6 (24.0) | | | (ii) No | 109 (76.8) | 26 (83.9) | 12 (71.4) | 19 (76.0) | | | (iii) Missing data | 9 (6.3) | 3 (9.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | (10) Compared to the time before childbirth, I have the feeling of something squeezing downwards into the vagina | | | | | 0.827 | | (i) Less often | 3 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | (ii) Unchanged | 12 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (33.3) | | | (iii) More often | 8 (33.3) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 4 (66.7) | | | (iv) Missing data | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | (11) Compared to the time before childbirth, I have the feeling that my vaginal opening is | | | | | 0.037 | | (i) tighter/closer | 7 (4.9) | 3 (9.7) | 3 (21.4) | 3 (12.0) | | | (ii) unchanged | 107 (75.4) | 16 (51.6) | 8 (57.1) | 14 (56.0) | | | (iii) wider | 15 (10.6) | 6 (19.4) | 2 (14.3) | 7 (28.0) | | | (iv) missing data | 13 (9.2) | 6 (19.4) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (4.0) | | | (12) Compared to the time before childbirth, I have the feeling that my pelvic floor is | | | | | 0.055 | | (i) weaker | 47 (33.1) | 14 (45.2) | 5 (35.7) | 17 (68.0) | | | (ii) unchanged | 78 (54.9) | 12 (38.7) | 8 (57.1) | 8 (32.0) | | | (iii) stronger | 6 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | (iv) missing data | 11 (7.7) | 5 (16.1) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
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Values in (%), ; CAV = complete avulsion. Statistical significance. |
